Pirogh Hesse

Bérangère aux Illustres-Arteurs. Watercolor about 30x21cm. Life figure sketch, 10mn.

Once a month, Gilles Durand gives a watercolor class. I work today on waves in the sea.

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

Margaux aux Illustres-Arteurs. Watercolor about 30x21cm. Life figure sketch, 7mn.

Inspirated by Lucian Freud with his Man's head, self-portrait 1, I turned to paint my own version:

Oil, 50x50cm.

Watercolor about 30x21cm. Life figure sketch, 10mn.

Laura aux Illustres-Arteurs. Watercolor about 30x21cm. Life figure sketch, 7mn.

Watercolor about 30x21cm. Life figure sketch, 10mn.

Once a month, Gilles Durand gives a watercolor class. I work today on 'bobs blobs':

'Bobs blobs' is a technique for painting a portrait in watercolor. This technique was proposed by the Australian painter Robert Wade, and developed in his book watercolor workshop handbook published in 2002 by 'International artist publishing'. This technique is also discussed on the following tutorial of the watercolour New-Zealand society web site.

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.

Watercolor about 30x21cm. Life figure sketch, 10mn.

Once a month, Gilles Durand gives a watercolor class. I work today on landscapes with a 'barn':

We worked on photographies, this one was taken in Québec. We started by a monochrome version, for studying values.

Watercolor, about 21x30cm.